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Kaaba



The Kaaba (Arabic: ), also known as al-Ka‘abatu’l-Musharrafat (), al-Baytu l-‘Atīq ( "The Primordial House"), or al-Baytu’l-Ḥarām ( "The Sacred House"), is a large cuboidal building located inside the mosque known as al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. The mosque was built around the original Kaaba.



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